The "Burden of the flesh"
Subtitle: fasting and the female body in early Christian ascetic theory.
Publisher: University Microfilms International
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, MI
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Basil, -- of Ancyra, -- d. ca. 364.; Cassian, John, -- ca. 360-ca. 435.; Gregory, -- of Nyssa, Saint, -- ca. 335-ca. 394.; Jerome, -- Saint, -- d. 419 or 20.; Asceticism -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.; Fasting.; Virginity -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Notes: Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duke University, 1992 (ix, 360 leaves)

Bibliography: leaves 336-360.